President Trump has reportedly spoken to White House officials on numerous occasions in recent months about banning reporters from White House press briefings.
The Washington Post reported Friday that Trump, angered by what he believes to be disrespectful behavior from journalists toward his administration, has spoken to aides about blacklisting CNN’s Jim Acosta and American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan, who is also a CNN contributor.
White House aides had reportedly resisted Trump’s requests until Bill Shine, Trump’s new deputy chief of staff, and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders barred CNN’s Kaitlan Collins from a press event Wednesday.
According to the Post, officials feared it would damage the president’s already fraught relationship with the press.
“Is there nothing that we could do?” Trump has vented to aides, an unnamed former White House official told the Post.
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#BREAKING: Trump repeatedly asked aides to ban Jim Acosta and April Ryan from press briefings: report https://t.co/5ONRUR5GzL pic.twitter.com/nYEsKro0fI
— The Hill (@thehill) July 27, 2018
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